BLACKBURN ROVERS 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 2. Manchester United took a gigantic step towards defending their Barclays Premier League title on the ground where they last season secured their record-breaking 19th championship. The Reds overcame a tricky obstacle at Blackburn Rovers, where they had won on only two previous visits to Ewood Park, to open what […]
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Table-topping United enjoy stroke of good fortune
MAN UNITED 1, FULHAM 0. If Manchester United fend off the challenge from their noisy neighbours and successfully defend their Barclays Premier League title, they may well look back on the scruffy home victory against Fulham as the defining moment of their campaign. The Reds certainly had a stroke of good fortune on the night […]
United hit five in ‘adequate’ display
WOLVES 0, MAN UNITED 5. MANCHESTER United moved four points clear of their noisy neighbours as the bookmakers suddenly made them favourites for the Barclays Premier League title following their five-goal demolition of Wolves at Molineux. The Reds produced a top-drawer performance and sounded an ominous warning to Manchester City who once held a seven-point […]
Rooney at the double
Man Utd 2, West Brom 0 Super Sunday gave way to significant Sunday on a day which could prove the most pivotal yet as to the final resting place for this season’s Premier League crown. Manchester United went back to the top of the table for the first time in five months. Two goals by […]
Can United reign in Spain?
MAN UNITED 2, ATHLETICO BILBAO 3. Manchester United must reign in Spain to keep alive their hopes of glory in the Europa League. If the Reds thought Europe’s lesser competition would be a cake walk after their early elimination from the Champions League, they were sadly mistaken at Old Trafford. United were lucky to lose […]